At stake in this election:

Description of government structure:

Assembly: Bulgaria has a unicameral National Assembly (Narodno Sobranie) with 240 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.

The Prime Minister is elected by parliament.

In the National Assembly (Narodno Sobranie) 240 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** There are 31 multi-member districts in the list tier. There is a national threshold of 4 percent. Each MMD is also a single-member district in the nominal tier. Each voter gets two votes. Candidates in the list tier may stand in a maximum of two districts. Candidates in the nominal tier may stand in one district only.

Main parties in the electoral race:

Coalition: Coalition for Bulgaria / (KzB)*

Leader: Sergei STANISHEV

Seats won in this election: 82

Seats won in last election: 48

Party: National Movement Simeon II / (NDSV)

Leader: Ivan KOSTOV

Seats won in this election: 53

Seats won in last election: 120

Party: Movement for Rights and Freedoms / (DPS)

Leader: Ahmed DOGAN

Seats won in this election: 34

Seats won in last election: 21

Coalition: Attack / Ataka

Leader: Volen SIDEROV

Seats won in this election: 21

Seats won in last election: N/A

Coalition: United Democratic Forces / (ODS)*****

Leader: Nadezhda MIKHAYLOVA

Seats won in this election: 20

Seats won in last election: 51

Party: Democrats for Strong Bulgaria

Leader: Ivan KOSTOV

Seats won in this election: 17

Seats won in last election: N/A

Coalition: Bulgaria People's Union*******

Leader: Anastasia MOSER

Seats won in this election: 13

Seats won in last election: N/A

Party: Others

Leader: N/A

Seats won in this election: 0

Seats won in last election: N/A

* The Coalition for Bulgaria is composed of several parties dominated by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
***** The United Democratic Forces consists of the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS), the Democratic Party (DP), the Gergyovden Movement, the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - United (BZNS-united), and the Roma Movement for an Equal Public Model (MEPM).
******* Bulgaria People's Union Coalition is composed of the Union of Free Democrats (SSD), the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union - People's Union (BZNS), and the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (VMRO).

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